Boosters, breakthrough cases, and the impending school year continue to be top of mind as the US COVID-19 surge reaches some sobering milestones as deaths so far in August top the numbers seen in all of last month and workers scramble to get vaccine into arms.In the week ending Aug 18, the country reported 5,472 COVID-19 deaths, nearly double the total from 2 weeks earlier, according to USA Today.
The 10,991 Americans who died of COVID-19 in the first 18 days of August number more than all the COVID-19 fatalities in June or July.Hospitals are reaching capacity, and soon some may be forced to make tough decisions: Yesterday, a memo surfaced saying that north Texas doctors may consider prioritizing vaccinated COVID-19 patients over